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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estevan_Point_lighthouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estevan_Point_lighthouse Much like this story, many Japanese planners did
by sandworm101 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estevan_Point_lighthouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estevan_Point_lighthouse
Much like this story, many Japanese planners did not appreciate the vast size of the American west. A hundred random firebombs were basically irrelevant compared to the many thousands of yearly lighting strikes that also regularly cause fires. Who knows how many Japanese balloons are out there hanging from some tree undiscovered.
- refurb 4y agoThe other good story about remoteness https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Station_Kurt https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Station_Kurt German sub drops off a team in 1943 to install a weather station on Newfoundland. Wasnt discovered until 35 years later only because some scholar found reference to it in the German archives.
- xattt 4y ago> Newfoundland Labrador, where’s the station was located, is a lot less densely populated than Newfoundland.